Time Change Book One: The Jump by Myers Alex

Author:Myers, Alex [Myers, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Medical Horror
Published: 2013-01-22T16:00:00+00:00

They spent the rest of the day discussing the items Jack wanted to get off the phone; they ate an early dinner and decided to meet the next morning at ten. Frances’s house held the least chance for interruptions or distractions, so they met there. Jack pressed the on button on top of the iPhone repeatedly and was about to panic when the little white Apple logo finally appeared. They started with the medical information first, figuring it was the most vital. Jack read quickly and clearly and Frances did an excellent job of keeping pace.

Starting at 78%, the battery level indicator went down one percent every four minutes, which gave them a little over five hours to work. At noon, two hours into the transcribing, the battery was losing a percent every three minutes; they were at 47% and they weren’t half done. Jack figured there was a little over an hour of battery left.

“I’m starting to get nervous. We’ve got to settle on things that are going to save lives or make a boatload of money,” Jack said.

“My head is swimming. I’m totally confused, so you’re on your own.”

In twenty minutes, they got the 20% power warning and fifteen minutes after that, the 10% warning popped up. They were in the middle of copying down the electron configuration of Radium when the phone went dark.

“That’s it?” Frances asked.

Jack was still staring at the powerless phone. “For now, but doing this today made me realize what a crucial asset this is to us. We only got to half of what I wanted to get to and I saw so much more that I wanted to get. Do you all have a safe here in the house?”

“Of course, in the office.”

“Can I keep this stuff here? At least until I get a safe myself. I’ll be glad not to have to watch over that phone every minute of every day, worrying that someone will see it.”

“You can keep it here as long as you need to. I’ll even give you the combination so you can get to it even if I’m not here.” She picked up the phone and looked at it. “What’s it going to take to get that running again?” Frances asked, stretching her arms above her head.

“A generator, a little step-down transformer, and removing the back panel. I did see one thing that I forgot I had and that we could really use—the three volume The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote. That would probably tell us all we need to know.”

“You better get yourself a new girlfriend, because I’m not going to be transcribing over a million words,” Frances said laughing.

Girlfriend? Jack thought to himself and smiled.

Jack and Frances organized and piled the papers right-side up on the desk. Frances put her copy of the song ‘Come What May’ proudly right on top of the stack.

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